RAG for the AI SDK
A practical guide to implementing retrieval-augmented generation with the AI SDK — from ingesting documents into vectors to retrieving context at query time.
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A practical guide to implementing retrieval-augmented generation with the AI SDK — from ingesting documents into vectors to retrieving context at query time.
Google released Gemini Embedding 2, their first natively multimodal embedding model. We ran it against 17 models across 7 datasets. It takes #1 with 1605 Elo, but the top three are within 18 points of each other.
OpenAI released GPT-5.4 with a Pro variant for extended reasoning. We tested both on our LLM-for-RAG leaderboard across three workloads.
ZeroEntropy released zembed-1, a 4B embedding model distilled from zerank-2 reranker. We tested it to see how it performs on real retrieval tasks.
We evaluated Claude Sonnet 4.6 in a RAG setup across factual retrieval, synthesis, and scientific tasks compared to frontier models.
We tested Gemini 3 inside an actual retrieval setup and compared it directly with GPT-5.1 across five areas that matter for RAG.
We evaluated Claude Opus 4.6 in a RAG setup across factual retrieval, synthesis, and scientific tasks versus 11 frontier models.
RAG helps, but hallucinations still happen. We tested four detection methods to find the best for production—comparing accuracy, latency, and cost.
We compared a text-based and a multimodal embedding pipeline across text, tables, and charts to see where multimodal actually helps.
We evaluated Gemini 3 Flash in a RAG setup to understand where it excels and where it falls short—focusing on factual retrieval and grounding.
We benchmarked Cohere Rerank 4 Pro and Fast against v3.5 and other rerankers under the same RAG pipeline.
We plugged GPT-5.2 into our LLM RAG leaderboard and compared it against nine other frontier models under the same RAG pipeline.
We reviewed seven popular vector databases to understand how they differ in deployment, cost, and where they fit in real RAG systems.
An evaluation of Opus 4.5 inside a real retrieval setup, compared against Gemini 3 Pro and GPT 5.1 across five behaviors that matter for RAG.
We tested Gemini 3 inside an actual retrieval setup and compared it directly with GPT-5.1 across five areas that matter for RAG.
We compared 13 embedding models across 8 datasets using an LLM judge and ELO scoring. The result: almost all of them perform in the same narrow band.
We benchmarked eight leading rerankers to find which performs best for real-world RAG pipelines—comparing speed, accuracy, and relevance.
We compared Cohere v3.5 and ZeRank-1 in a RAG pipeline using a BEIR subset and a custom dataset — analyzing accuracy, latency, and LLM preference.
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